A 73-year-old female with a history of HTN, CAD s/p CABG, MR…
A 73-year-old female with a history of HTN, CAD s/p CABG, MR s/p MVR, HFrEF, AF, and ESRD has had 6 admissions to the hospital for acute on chronic systolic heart failure over the past year. Her cardiologist decided to perform a right heart catheterization to evaluate her filling pressures and cardiac output. Her pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) resulted at 27 mmHg. All of the following are causes of an elevated PCWP EXCEPT.
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